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         <p>The <tt class="interfacename">Workspace manager</tt>, enables multiple directories to me managed as a single
                    file set (see <a href="ch03s02.html#fig-workspaces" title="Figure&nbsp;3.1.&nbsp;Two WC Workspace">Figure&nbsp;3.1</a>).
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            <p>For example you may have a working copy of your projects' <tt class="envar">trunk</tt> and a
                         working copy of a <tt class="envar">branch</tt> residing in two different paths on your local
                         machine like this:
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                         <b class="filename"><tt>/home/sean/projects/esvn/</tt></b>
                       
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                         <b class="filename"><tt>/home/sean/projects/windowsesvn/</tt></b>
                       
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         <p>Managing the two working copies as separate working directories is not always effective.
                    Using the <tt class="interfacename">Workspace manager</tt>, the working copies can be
                    managed as a single workspace (see <a href="ch03s02.html#fig-workspaces" title="Figure&nbsp;3.1.&nbsp;Two WC Workspace">Figure&nbsp;3.1</a>).
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                     <p>Authentication information (User and Password) is stored together with the workspace
                                  details enabling fast and seamless access to repositories.
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         <div class="figure"><a name="fig-workspaces"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure&nbsp;3.1.&nbsp;Two WC Workspace</b></p>
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         <p>The <tt class="interfacename">Workspace manager</tt> provides the following options:
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               <dt><span class="term">
                                 <span class="bold"><b>Workspace list</b></span>
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                  <p>The list of works spaces.</p>
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               <dt><span class="term">
                                 <span class="bold"><b>Working copy path list</b></span>
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                  <p>The list of working copy paths contained in the workspace file set.</p>
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               <dt><span class="term">
                                 <span class="bold"><b>
                                         <span><b class="guibutton">New</b></span> button</b></span>
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               <dd>
                  <p>Displays the dialog used for creating and editing workspaces file sets.</p>
               </dd>
               <dt><span class="term">
                                 <span class="bold"><b>
                                         <span><b class="guibutton">Edit</b></span> button</b></span>
                               </span></dt>
               <dd>
                  <p>Displays the dialog used for creating and editing workspace file sets.</p>
               </dd>
               <dt><span class="term">
                                 <span class="bold"><b>
                                         <span><b class="guibutton">Rename</b></span> button</b></span>
                               </span></dt>
               <dd>
                  <p>Displays the <tt class="interfacename">Rename workspace</tt> dialog used to change
                                   the name of the selected workspace.
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               <dt><span class="term">
                                 <span class="bold"><b>
                                         <span><b class="guibutton">Delete</b></span> button</b></span>
                               </span></dt>
               <dd>
                  <p>Removes the selected workspace.</p>
               </dd>
               <dt><span class="term">
                                 <span class="bold"><b>
                                         <span><b class="guibutton">Load</b></span> button</b></span>
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                  <p>Loads the selected workspace.</p>
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            <p class="title"><b>Procedure&nbsp;3.2.&nbsp;Creating a Workspace</b></p>
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                  <p>From the main menu select 
                     <span class="guimenu">
                        		<span class="accel">F</span>ile</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Workspace ...</span> (<span><b class="shortcut"><span class="keysym">Ctrl+W</span></b></span>)
                     . The <tt class="interfacename">Workspace
                                    manager</tt> dialog is displayed.
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                                 <span class="action">Click</span> the <span><b class="guibutton">New</b></span>. The <tt class="interfacename">New
                                    workspace</tt>dialog is displayed.
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                  <p>Enter a name for the new workspace then <span class="action">click</span>
                                 <span><b class="guibutton">OK</b></span>. The <tt class="interfacename">New workspace</tt>dialog is displayed.
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                                 <span class="action">Click</span> the <span><b class="guibutton">...</b></span> button to display the
                                 <tt class="interfacename">Open</tt> dialog, change path to a working copy folder and <span class="action">click</span>
                                 <span><b class="guibutton">OK</b></span>. The path is displayed in the <i class="guilabel">Directory</i> field.
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                                 <span class="action">Click</span>
                                 <span><b class="guibutton">Add</b></span> to include the path in the workspace folder set.
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                                 <span class="action">Repeat</span> these steps until all working copy paths that are to be part of
                                 the workspace have been added, then <span class="action">click</span>
                                 <span><b class="guibutton">OK</b></span>. The workspace is created with all selected working copy paths
                                 associated to the workspace.
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                                 <span class="action">Click</span> the <span><b class="guibutton">Load</b></span> button to open the workspace in
                                 <span><b class="application">eSvn</b></span> as shown in <a href="ch03s02.html#fig-workspaces" title="Figure&nbsp;3.1.&nbsp;Two WC Workspace">Figure&nbsp;3.1</a>.
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